Partition layout was
/sda1 FAT32 /sda2 extended /sda5 ext4
In play after test, I could re-create this DELETE partition SDA2 first (ie. extended partition.
Hope would be it would delete all partitions within extended; alas it freezes
To not have it freeze, delete sda5 first, then sda2 can be deleted cleanly.
Partition layout was
/sda1 FAT32
/sda2 extended
/sda5 ext4
In play after test, I could re-create this
DELETE partition SDA2 first (ie. extended partition.
Hope would be it would delete all partitions within extended; alas it freezes
To not have it freeze, delete sda5 first, then sda2 can be deleted cleanly.